Machine for winding fabrics.



D. BAIN.

MACHINE FOR WINDING FABRICS. APPLICATION FILED APE.17.1912.

1,073,946. P atented sept. 23, 1913.

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D. BAIN.

MACHINE FOR WINDING FABRICS.

APPLIUATIOH TILED APR. 17, 1912.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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ATTORNEY I 'UNiTED STAWENT OFFICE 1.

DAVID BAIN, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BLAUVELT-WILEY PAPERMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWcollapsed position.

JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR WINDING FABRICS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID BAIN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Passaic, in the county of Passaic andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for Winding Fabrics, of which the following is such a full,clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

invention relates to machines having a co lapsible support for the boardaround which the fabric is wound in the form of a bolt, and theprincipal objects of my present improvements are to provide such amachine to facilitate the ease with which the bolt with its containedboard may be removed and to prevent the fabric from being slack on theboard when the bolt is removed.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the noveland peculiar arrangements and combinations of the several differentparts of the device, all as hereinafter fully set forth and then pointedout in the claims.

I have illustrated a type of my invention in the accompanying drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a side view of. a cloth winding machine providedwith my improvements with the parts in winding position. Fig. 2 is asimilar view to Fig. 1 with the board support detached at one end andcollapsed in position for the removal of the bolt and its board. Fig. 3is an enlarged broadside view of the board support in winding position,and with the heads to which the support is attached shown in section.Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view with several turns of thefabric around the board and the support, the support being shown inWinding position. Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 4, with the boardsupport in Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view, the plane ofthe section being indicated by line 66, in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detailedview, showing the pivoted ends of the arms of the support and the headto which the arms are attached, the head being shown in vertical sectionand the two arms being in collapsed position.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numbers of reference designatelike parts throughout, 1 is a suitable frame having upon the outer sidesthereof brackets 2 and 3 respectively. Mounted in opposite sides.

of the frame and the brackets are two axlally alined journals 4 and 5,the former being longitudinally adjustable toward and away from theother journal. The adjustable journal 4 is mounted in a revoluble sleeve6, which is mounted in suitable bear Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

the sleeve 6 is secured a gear wheel 11- which rotates the sleeve and isin turn driven by a pinion 12 secured upon the drive .shaft 13 which isoperated by a pulley 14 and a belt 15. Upon the other end of V the driveshaft 13 is fixed a pinion 14",

similar to the pinion 12. and which in turn drives a gear wheel 16 fixedupon the journal 5 and which serves to drive the journal in unison withthe opposite journal 4. Clutches 17 are arranged in operative connectionwith the drive shaft 13 to throw the pinions 12 and 14 into and out ofengagement with their respective gears.

A T-shaped head 18 is secured to the journal 5 and is formed with arecess 19 in its elongated part and within this recess are pivoted at 20and 21 respectively the lugs 22 and 23 on the ends of the arms 24 and 25which form the support for the cloth board. These arms 24 and 25 arearranged in parallelism and in the same plane with their other endsdetachabl secured to a head 26 secured to the a justable journal 4. Thehead 26 is formed with a recess or groove 27 extending across the lengththereof, and with cavities 28 and 29 formed in the bottom of the groove.At the central point of the bottom of the groove 27 is a V-shapedprojection 30 with the tapering end thereof pointing upwardly from thebottom of the groove. The free ends of the arms 24 and 25 are providedwith lugs 31 and 32 respectively. These lugs are adapted toenter thecavities 28 and 29 respectively in the bottom of the groove, when thehead 26 is moved inwardly by the adjustment of the journal 4. At thesame time the sides of the groove 27 receive and clamp the adjacentedges of the arms 24 and 25, as shown in Fig. 3. This makes a firmcoupling between these parts when the two arms are arranged in windingposition and the journal is rotated. The arms 2st and 25 are readilydetached from the head 26 by turning the hand wheel 8 so as to withdrawthe screw 7 and the. connectved journal 4. In this longitudinal movement of the journal l the lugs 31 and 32 are gradually freed from thecavities in the head and then they may be lowered into the inclinedposition as shown in Fig. 2. When the bolt of cloth with its board is tobe removed from the supporting arms 24 and 25, the free ends of the armsare detached from the head 26 as described. In order to prevent the toosudden dropping of the free ends of the arms, the tapering projection 30is provided for receiving the lug 32 on the end of the upper arm whichmay gradually slide oif of such projection and permit the easy descentof the arms with the bolt of cloth thereon.

It will be noted that the supporting arms 24 and 25, taper in crosssection from their inner edges outwardly tothe outer edge where it ismuch thinner than at the inner edge. In winding a bolt of cloth on theboard 33 which is usually a paper board, the board is placed flatlyagainstthe sides of the arms after the same have been placed in windingposition as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and l. The board is considerably widerthan the aggregate width of the two arms, even when the arms are spacedin their winding position. The board is held against the arms and thefabric 3% which is led from a roll 35 is passed around the board and itssupporting arms and drawn taut, whereupon the machine is started and thewinding of the bolt 36 is effected. The

tension on the fabric being exerted against the opposite long edges ofthe board acts to warp it likewise the swelled or thickened centralportion of the two winding arms, as will be understood more particularlyin Figs. 4 and 5. When the winding of the bolt is completed, the journal4 is drawn outwardly so as to release from the head 26 the lugs 31 and32 on the ends of the two supporting arms. When so released the two armswith the bolt and board are gradually dropped down into the posit-ionshown in Figs. 2'and 7 and this movement brings the two adjacent edgesof the supporting arms together and reduces to that extent the aggregatewidth of the two arms, and as the thickened inner edges of the armsarebrought together, the amount of space occupied by the arms when spacedbeing reduced, the arms are not held so tightly in the bolt whichtogether with the board may be drawn 0E endwise. As the bolt leaves thearms, the board springs into straight position and thereby takes up anyslack which there may be in consequence of the absence of the two arms.In this way, I obtain a firmly wound bolt of fabric without any slack inthe same. After the bolt has been stripped from the arms in theirreleased position, the arms are raised into horizontal position andagain attached to the head 26, whereupon another board being applied tothe arms, another bolt may be wound thereon.

I wish to be understood as not limiting my invention to the particularconstruction of the various different parts of the same, as it isevident that modifications may be made in such parts without, however,departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent is;

1. In a machine for winding fabric around a board, the combination of arevoluble support against which the clothboard is placed sidewise andmeans for retating the said support, the said support having the part atits axis of rotation thicker than the outer edges thereof for engagingand serving to warp or bend the cloth-board when the latter is pressedagainst the support by the tension of the cloth during the winding andresumes its normal condition when removed from said support,substantially as described.

2. In a machine for winding fabric around a board, the combination of arevoluble support against which the cloth-board is placed sidewise andmeans for rotating the. said support, the said support consisting in apair of suitably spaced parallel pivoted arms havin the part at itsinner edge thicker than the outer edge for engaging the cloth-board andacting to warp it when pressed against said arms, whereby thecloth-board is bent or 'warped during the winding and resumes its normalcondition when removed from said supportingarms, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a machine for winding fabric around a board, the combination of arotatable support against which the cloth board is placed and means forrotating the said support, the said support consisting 1n a pair ofsuitably space parallel arms pivoted at one end, a pair ofaxially-alined journals having means for driving them and one of thembeing capable of longitudinal adjustment, a head carried on the innerend of each of said journals, the said pair of arms being each pivotedat one end to the head on said non-adjustable journal and adapted to bereleasably attached to the head on said adjustable journal, the free andthe head on said adjustable journal being provided with sockets forreceiving said lugs on the arms to lock the arms to the head and saidhead being provided with a V-shaped projection between said sockets,substantially as described.

4. In a machine for Winding fabric around a board, the combination of arotatable support against which the cloth board is placed and means forrotating the said support, the said support consisting in a pair ofsuitably spaced parallel arms ivoted at one end, a pair of axially-ahnedjournals having means for driving them and one of them being capable oflongitudinal adjustment, a head carried on the inner end of each of saidjournals, the said pair of arms being each pivoted at one end tothe headon said non-adjustable 'ournal and adapted to be releasably attache tothe head on said adjustable journal, the free ends of said arms beingprovided with lugs, the said head on said adjustable journal ,having itsouter face grooved for receivin DAVID BAIN.

Witnesses HENRY H. RUST,

ANNE R. BLAUVELT.

